Sewage Bypass Reporting Act, 2018 Jones, Sylvia — Bill 12 (41st Parliament, 3rd Session)

Bill 12, 41-3

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Bill 12, Sewage Bypass Reporting Act, 2018

Jones, Sylvia

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Ontario Water Resources Act is amended to require

municipalities that own or operate a water treatment facility, or persons who

operate such a facility under an agreement with or with the consent of a

municipality, to report certain information to the Ministry in cases where they

divert sewage into waters that may impair its quality. The Bill further

requires the Ministry to publish this information.

Bill 12 2018

Act to amend the Ontario Water Resources Act with respect to the public

reporting of sewage bypassing

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section 30 of the Ontario Water Resources Act is

amended by adding the following subsections:

Same,

sewage bypass

(3) If

the material that has been discharged and that may impair the quality of the

waters is sewage, and the sewage was discharged into waters because the person

who owns or operates a water treatment facility described in subsection (4) has

diverted a waste stream away from the facility or discharged it from the

facility before it has been fully treated, the notification under subsection

(2) shall include the following information:

1. The

duration and measured or estimated volume of the discharge.

2. The

reasons for the diversion that caused the discharge.

Water

treatment facility

(4) A

water treatment facility mentioned in subsection (3) is a water treatment

facility that is owned or operated by,

(

a) a

local or upper-tier municipality;

(

b) a

person who has an agreement with a local or upper-tier municipality to operate

a private water or sewage works; or

(

c) a

person who has the consent, of the local or upper-tier municipality that has

jurisdiction to provide a water or sewage public utility in the area, to

operate such a utility.

Information

to be published

(5) The

Ministry shall publish the information set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 of

subsection (3) on a Government of Ontario website as soon as possible but no

later than 24 hours after receiving the notification.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Sewage Bypass Reporting

Act, 2018 .

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

March 21, 2018

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

March 21, 2018

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 12

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Ontario Water Resources Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 12, 41-3
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s3 bill 12 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	c14eab5f500a92c38635c583320573b9b0d84380

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